Top 6 TIFF Cocktails to Try at Home

With TIFF in full swing, we’ve rounded up recipes from the top cocktail-servings spots in town. Make these star-worthy sips at home, and pretend you’re rubbing shoulders with Idris Elba:

At Soho House, members and invited guests are making deals and toasting with glasses of Grey Goose Le Fizz:
1-1/2 parts Grey Goose vodka
1 part St-Germain elderflower liqueur
3/4 part fresh lime juice
Top with soda water

Over at the Thompson Hotel, celebs and party people are wetting their whistles on a drink called the Ares Project, inspired by Matt Damon’s movie, The Martian:
2 oz Grey Goose vodka
1/4 oz Cointreau orange liqueur
1-1/2 oz strawberry & balsamic syrup
3/4 oz lemon juice
Basil-infused egg white
Strawberry slice to garnish

Behind the enormous yellow doors at Weslodge, bartenders have been busy concocting this peachy Cîroc’s Private Function:
1 oz Cîroc Peach
1 oz Bulleit Bourbon
4 oz ice tea

East Thirty-Six has created five TIFF movie-themed cocktails. We’re partial to the yummy London Amaro, inspired by the movie Legend, starring the yummy Tom Hardy:
1 oz gin
1/2 oz Fernet-Branca
Splash of Gentiane Liqueur
1/2 oz chestnut liqueur
2 dashes black walnut bitters
Lemon twist to garnish

The starlets heading to the Drake Hotel for a nightcap can order one of two fest-ive sips, including the Figgy Smalls:
2 oz Jameson Select Reserve Irish Whiskey
1 oz Alvear medium-dry sherry
3/4 oz house-made fig syrup
3/4 oz lemon juice
Peychaud’s bitters

The Spoke Club, transformed into Nikki Beach for TIFF, is serving up a twist on a Sea Breeze called Grey Goose Opening Scene:
1 part Grey Goose Le Citron-flavoured vodka
1 part grapefuit juice
1 part lychee juice
1/2 part pomegranate juice
Fresh basil leaf to garnish

Cheers to another film festival done right! —Karen Kwan